CVE-2020-28500 (Medium) detected in lodash-4.17.14.tgz, lodash-4.17.15.tgz

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CVE-2020-28500 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - lodash-4.17.14.tgz, lodash-4.17.15.tgz

lodash-4.17.14.tgz

Lodash modular utilities.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.14.tgz

Path to dependency file: /browser/flagr-ui/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /browser/flagr-ui/node_modules/lodash/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ lodash-4.17.14.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

lodash-4.17.15.tgz

Lodash modular utilities.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.15.tgz

Path to dependency file: /browser/flagr-ui/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /browser/flagr-ui/node_modules/vue-eslint-parser/node_modules/lodash/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• cli-plugin-babel-4.2.3.tgz (Root Library)
  • cli-shared-utils-4.2.3.tgz
    • request-promise-native-1.0.8.tgz
      • request-promise-core-1.1.3.tgz
        • ❌ lodash-4.17.15.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 95c92c0b82ebc8c6c86090b55e337f8d16f2933b

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
Mend Note: After conducting further research, Mend has determined that CVE-2020-28500 only affects environments with versions 4.0.0 to 4.17.20 of Lodash.

Publish Date: 2021-02-15

URL: CVE-2020-28500

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28500

Release Date: 2021-02-15

Fix Resolution (lodash): 4.17.21

Direct dependency fix Resolution (@vue/cli-plugin-babel): 4.3.0

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